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Title: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: LARRY RICE on July 28, 2010, 03:51:42 PM

     Do you recognize this kit?  This is a Black Hawk Models Challenger originally produces by Scientific Models in the late 1950's. Designed by Walt Musciano it is a .19 size stunt model with plastic wheel pants, wing tips, engine cowling and canopy.  Built by George Ellison. George has squeezed a .25 in it and now is wondering if he might have overpowered it.

Title: Re: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: frank carlisle on July 28, 2010, 06:23:14 PM

It looks like a Fancy Pants---only different.

Title: Re: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: LARRY RICE on July 28, 2010, 06:27:31 PM

ANOTHER PIC.

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Post by: Dwayne on July 28, 2010, 07:02:33 PM

No such thing as to much horse power  y1 <= n~ #^

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Post by: Bill Little on July 28, 2010, 07:22:02 PM

That certainly looks awesome!  A very nice job.  y1

I have a kit, and this is great to see.  Looks like almost exactly how I would paint her up!  I will possibly use a 1957 Fox .25 in mine since it is basically just a bored out version of the old Fox .19.

Big Bear

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Post by: Tom Niebuhr on July 28, 2010, 07:41:02 PM

Nice looking airplane. Looks like a great match for a .25.

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Post by: John KruziK on July 28, 2010, 07:53:45 PM

real nice!!!

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Post by: Dalton Hammett on July 29, 2010, 12:34:15 PM

Have to agree,  he did a super job on that one !!!!!!!!

Dalton H.

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Post by: YakNine on August 24, 2010, 04:43:38 PM

Hey Larry the Challenger looks real sharp I just saw the pic on your web site . Looks a lot better than the old Black and White pic , it makes me want one even more. T.J.

Title: Re: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: Scott Richlen on August 24, 2010, 07:27:06 PM

Just a 25??  When I built mine in Junior High, I stuck a Fox 35X in it.  Yee-haaa!!!!

Title: Re: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: LARRY RICE on August 24, 2010, 08:32:15 PM

      Another one of my early customers got a Fox 35 into his, He had talked to me several times about different models.  It must have either spun him into space or just screwed him into the ground because I never did hear from him again. 

Title: Re: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: Joe Mig on November 04, 2010, 06:53:46 PM

Any info on how this beauty fly's ?

Title: Re: WHAT PLANE IS THIS?
Post by: LARRY RICE on November 04, 2010, 07:10:37 PM

George said that while he was busy judging another contest he had a friend fly it.  George had put an over size engine in and realized that this was not his best idea.  While The plane flew a complete stunt pattern (flapless) the pilot complained that the plane was too fast.  In the 1960's a fast pattern was the norm so a .15 to a .19 would have been a better choice for stunting.

Larry